Lady Bird Beetles Turned on My Plants PICS!!

CustomHydro

Well-Known Member
Well, at about the begining of winter I saw a Lady Bug in my grow room and I blew it off. I had thrips at the time so I figured it could only help me out.Come to find out I have the rare kind that will eat ur plants when they are out of food. They absolutely love to eat my plants and stay undetected!! I have been battling this invisible pest for months. I thought I had cut worm, then I thought Vine Weevils then Cutworm. I said fuck it and I stripped plants down to bare roots and thought I had the problem solved. No!! That same day I had new nibble marks all over my babies. These Lady Bird Beetles are hiding in an area close to the plants and just coming in to eat and then they leave. I have caught three different ones in the act of eating my leaves so I am no longer thinking that I am crazy. I even have one on camera..
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I did some research and found that it is not uncommon for a Beetle of this sort to eat cannabis plants. In fact Cannabis is the only plant that will get them past their second instar larvae.

Now the question is what to do to save my plants. I don't know where these things are hiding so I'm setting a couple traps by the intake for the room and a few other places.
Please post any ideas that u may have...
 

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society
Lady bugs are your friends, and they will not harm the pot or buds. They are looking for your bad bugs, to eat.
 

CustomHydro

Well-Known Member
I was under the impression that real true lady bugs only eat mites and thrips and itty little bitty bugs.
That was the impresion I was under too, but upon further research I found that there are over 6,000 species of ladybird beetles and some are vegetation eating bastards. Trust me, the last thing I thought was that the Lady bugs I rarely see were the little bastards eating my plants, even after I saw them eating my plants twice, I felt like I screwed up by killing them. I thought they may have just caught the actual predator and are just finishing chewing him up and I killed my only defense. The third time I saw one chomping away I watched him for about a half hour, scurrying from chew mark to chew mark filling up on my plants. I know u think Im crazy, so did I. I couldn't find many cases of them eating plants but they are there on google if u look
Anyways I just did a checkup on my babies, I thought I had a total infestation of these fuckers but I only killed three of them and my plants havent been touched ever since I got the last one... This has been a two month, daily battle and I am glad to say I think it is finaly over.:bigjoint::bigjoint::sleep::sleep:
 

sdrawrod

Active Member
the ones in your pictures are mimic ladybugs, see how they have more spots, not just a genetic difference, different type, no bien.
 
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